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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2010
Nels R. Smith, Zeeland, MI (US);
Michael Catlin, Holland, MI (US);
Stephen J. Gwinnup, Spring Lake, MI (US);
Rodney J. Tindall, Zeeland, MI (US);
Nels R. Smith, Zeeland, MI (US);
Michael Catlin, Holland, MI (US);
Stephen J. Gwinnup, Spring Lake, MI (US);
Rodney J. Tindall, Zeeland, MI (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
An interior vehicle component comprises a base and a panel coupled to the base. The panel is moveable between a first position and a second position. The panel has a first side and an opposite second side. The first side is configured to be visible to a vehicle occupant when the panel is in the first position. The second side cooperates with the base to define a cavity. The panel has an aperture extending through the first side and the second side. The panel also comprises at least one of a solid state switch and a light source supported at the first side of the panel, and a flexible circuit coupled to a backside of the at least one of the solid state switch and the light source through the aperture.